Private Wells are considered private property and are not regulated by federal standards. People with private wells are responsible for testing and treating their own drinking water, and they are required to notify DHEC before installing a private drinking water well and/or irrigation well.

Use this interactive tool to choose drinking water indicators and measures to generate maps, bar charts and trend lines.

Whether your drinking water comes from a lake, river, reservoir, or groundwater, it's important to protect it from contamination. Animal waste, fertilizer, pesticides, motor oil, gasoline, and other contaminants can get carried to your drinking water source through runoff pollution.